Cigar band



Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

PATENT FIC.

FRANCIS K. MALOCSAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL BAND ING- MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION YORK.

CIGAR BAND.

Application filed October 1, 1920. Serial No. 414,074.

To (:ZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANCIS X. MALoosAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cigar Bands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cigar band and the object of this invention is to provide an article of that character which can be expeditiously placed about a cigar either by hand or machinery without the danger of injuring the band, thereby preventing waste of bands.

With these objects and other objects which may hereinafter appear in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a cigar banl made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view "on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrows,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of a cigar showing the manner in which a band made in accordance with my invention is folded about the same and secured thereon,

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of a cigar and the usual type of cigar band showing the manner in which the ends of the band sometimes contact and prevent the band from being properly placed in position about the cigar and Figure 5 is a perspectiveview of the ungummed end of the band showing the manner in which the same is crimped or folded.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters desi -nate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my in vention, 1 indicates a cigar band which may be of any desired form.

At 2 is disclosed the gummed end of the band. the under face of which is provided with the paste or gum, diagrammatically in dicated at 3 in Figure2.

At 4 is disclosed the ungummed end of the band which is provided with a transverse crimp 5 which tends to bend or fold the extreme end 6 of the band at an angle to the body of the band and outside of the plane thereof.

When the band 1 is folded about the cigar indicated at 7, the ungummed end 4 is first folded in position. The bent end 6 of the band tends to follow the contour of the cigar readily so that when the gummed end 2 of the band is folded about the cigar and caused to overlap the ungummed end 4 and be secured thereover, the finds its position. y

In Figure 4 the-present type of cigar band is indicated at 8 in Figure 4 is folded, it usually projects downwardly and stands out from the side of the cigar so that when the gummed end 9 is folded about the cigar in an attempt to cause it to overlie the un-' gummed end 8 and be secured thereover, it sometimes contacts with ungummed end 8 in such a manner as to force it away from the cigar and thus either destroys the band or places it about the cigar in a loose and unsatisfactory manner.

gummed end readily disclosed. When the ungummed end The crimp 5 in the band may be produced by means of any suitable mechanism and preferably by a pair of dies which may form part of the machine which applies the bands to .the cigars or it may be applied to the bands before the same are fed to the banding machine. 1

From the foregoing it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is:'

1. A cigar band or the like having one of its ends folded to lie outside of the plane of the, band, which end leans towards. the.

cigar in the banding operation.

2. A cigar band or the like being transversel folded adjacent one of its ends whereby said end projects at an angle from the body of the band, said vend leaning toadapted to overlie the ungummed end and be secured thereover.

5. A cigar band having an ungummed end, said end of said band being folded or bent to project inwardly towards the cigar when partly folded about the same and the gummed end adapted to be folded to lie ondto of and be secured to the ungummed en 6. A cigar band blank having adjacent to one enda crease or crimp and beyond said crease or crimp a portion which leans towards the cigar in the banding operation.

7. A cigar band blank having adjacent to one end an adhesive coating and adjacent to its other end a crease or crimp and beyond said crimp a portion which projects at an obtuse angle from the body of the blank and is adapted to lean towards the cigar in the banding operation. 8. A cigar band blank having on the pertion designed to constitute the overlapping flap an adhesive coating and on the portion designed to constitute the underlapping flap a crease or crimp and beyond said crimp a part which projects at an obtuse angle from the body of the blank and is adapted to lean towards the cigar in the banding operation.

9. A cigar band blank whereof the end designed to overlap is provided with an adhesive and the end designed to underlap has a transverse crease or crimp and beyond said crimp a part which leans towards the cigar in the banding operation.

10. A cigar band blank having adjacent: one end thereof a bend and beyond said bend a portion which leans towards the cigar in the banding operation.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York this 29th day of September, 1920.

FRANCIS X. MALOCSAY. 

